Heel for boots and shoes.



S. PETERSON.

'HEBL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 2, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

M $133. 5 Win 55651 viz-OI .preducefie rubber heel hcv1ng fastening 1 -,.pu'1 -pnsefd transpcsing the'heels from one 'sVANTE'PE ERsQN, en nos-Ten; MAStAGH-USETTS.

Toldll whonttt'magy concern-.- -.,-'"Be 1t kncwn that I, SVANTE PETERSON, a

citizen cf the United States, residing at B'cstcm in'the county of Suffolk and State cf-Massachusetts, have invented certain new "'iind useful Improvements in Heels for Boots .igtn'd Sht 'es;- and' If'do' hereby declare the 'fol "-lowing to be s 'fu1l-,-clee1, undiexact descrip-' "-ti01 i .-pf "the'inventicn,such aswill enable 10 Others skilled-in the art to .which it appen tain sito make and nse the same.

-=My invention relates to heels for bncts or I shoes. and I'ncfe particularly to cel-tain imgmvements in rubbef'heels and the. means [-2; or-isttu;ching them tdjbocts and shoes.

. 5 11; is' n'ow q uit'e the common practice to rovideleath'ey boots and shoes-with rubber {E6618 and such. heels are extremely popular 'andlwculd-b'emore so if it were possible to trans se. the heels from the right tn the lejft s ce-gs they become slightly worn afway' lat theibitck upon one side:

"-Tl1'e"0bject of he present invention is to means-st) cnstructed and arranged as to l 'pyp vide for) the quick attachment of the -'.*1\'1 b'b'er;h ee1- in -position,- and whereby they I 11 m egradi y detached kitwill for the --"Bl'1('1 e'tcI-tl1e nthei'i' 'I g the 'abbve ends my invention consists J01? thejheelqand itsnttaching'means Which- 'Will new be-" described and claimed.

" invention ln'eii astenlng .m 1 side ele va tlon.

gloyed throughout the specificationa spring fsccketIniembei-sB lccn-te I ber heel a 'lhe stud members .'l, -0n,e -Qf1 A collar 4' limits the. extent-t 'cone and is connected .t0;- -.t11 e.'-col lsi-fet.-

taking-.11- picce-of wife of suitabl'e lcnmt HEEL Fonnootrs AND SHOES.

. I I I p Specification of gutters latent I. .Patentgd A E-12" 191 0 Application filed June 2, 1909. Serial No. 499,725.

'of the studs and thesc'cket member shQWI Fig. 9, the latter being shown in-Ve' section; v v t 1 Similar. reference characters Willi-be m ra wing tojdesignute correspcl'icling 'p'ztrts- 60. In the drawing a indicates the rear wheel; end cf the bootcrshoeyande n p rt'i n' f the usual leather heel, to which is mm b seen-red my improved rubber hee l' structed to bereadily insertedf-in an" se curely fastened toil-1e under surface of heel a rt a,'01' us may bedesiredjnthe-u der' ace cf'thcreur endcf the scle.-d.:-:"I=(' this end the shank '3 may'be scnew thr ea ded or as shown in Fig. 10 sim ly'pointeclgiori: the purpose of beingd riven lntd thj eat-h r; and frict'ionclly held.. Y

shank-3 may be 1nser tcd and iI fsn es'fa 'ifcmnity' of prcjejct-iqn of the' fQQ SbG'Ili-Dg The stud 01-- heed 5 13 formed asa'n inv a cO1 1-tructed' neck .portienfib 'thuprcdu'cing' shoulder? which is .eng; d b'y tl'iesprin' socket members as will ibe-de'scnbe In one form of 1nyinventi 'an "t1" socket n leniber 2 is formed of clearly inliigsre tn "6, 4111' bending n; as shown :it' 8 115130 thhvo members Qoflhe 'W' i parallel relation in the poi vided with the desired number of stud memarms 18 and 15 and a spring socket formed by the upwardly extending port1ons having "the clamping jaws 11 and the opening channel or passage 13 leading thereto.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 these socket members will be securely anchored in the rubber heel a by, molding them therein with the open passage or channel 13 upon the in side or facing the center of the heel.

Suitable openings 161 will be left upon the inner surface of the rubber heel a leading to the clamping jaws of the socket members;

The heel end of the shoe having been pro here 1 corresponding in number and location to the number-of socket members in the heel, the heel of is attached by forcing the conical ends 5 of the stud membens into the openings between the clamping jaws 11, which yield to permit the heads 5 to pass below the clamping jaws 11 which will thereupon grip the necks 6 back of the shoulders 7 thus effectually connecting the rubber heel to the shoe.

Should it be desired to remove the rubber heel c for the purpose of transposing them from one shoe to the other, this may be done by grasping the "heel at one of the corners, say at o, and exerting a pull in the outward direction as shown by the arrows o in Fig. 1, thus the rubber heel stretching or yielding somewhat for the purpose, the necks 6 of the studs 1 pass out of the socket members through the channels or passage-Ways 13.

The corners of the heel having been 'released the rear end is detached in a similar manner by pressing backward in the direction of the arrow 0 The socket members 20, shown in Figs. 7

- to 10 inclusive, are struck up from sheet metal, forming the anchoring things 21 and the upwardly extending tube-like socket 22, l

which at its upper end is provided with the socket opening 23 and the inturned gripping jaws 24.. The Whole is e'ut out as at 25- forming the passage or channel as at- 26, and the tube-like socket 22 will be preferably slit as at 27, which slits end at the holes 28 in the anchoring. fiange 21. In

, this form'thesocket members will be embed- The removal of the heel is accomplished in this form in the same manner as heretofore described, upon the heel in a direction to cause the studs to pass out through the channels or passages 26.

The socket members will be so positioned in the heel a with relation to the upper surface of the heel as to cause a slight com.- pression of the rubber of the heel when the iastenings are connected, thus causing the clamping jaws to forcibly pull against the shoulders of the studs to a slight extent. It is to be noted that the fastening device of my invention consists of two members which are designed to be coupled by a direct axial movement toward each other, and that by reason of the shoulder 7 of the stud momher engaging the inturned flange 24 of the socket member they cannot be uncoupled by an axial movementaway from each other, but only by a relative lateral movement in parallel planes in such a manner as to cause the neck 6 of the stud member to pass out of the passage of the socket member. 7

From the'foregoing description it will be noted that I have produced a simple form ;of fastening for quickly and immovably attaching rubber heels, and one which at the sametime will permit the heel to be removed when desired. Having described my invention, I claim quick y new and desire to protect by Letters leading laterally from the opening between the clamping jaws of the socket member,-

substantially as described.

2. A shoe heel formed of rubber, a stud and socket fastening for connecting said. heel to a'shoe, means for coupling the. mem bers of said fastening .by a direct axial movement, means to prevent the uncoupling of said members by an axial movement,

means to produce'an axial pulling engagement bet-ween the members of the fastening and means for disengaging said members by relative lateral movement, substantially as described-P I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SVANTE :rn'rnusou Witnesses;

T. HART Anpnnsom. MARGARET Gmuavau. 

